Roque Matus Back to Back Champion Weekend Warriors Cross Country Cycling

GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE

BELIZE SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND (BSIF)

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION SPECIALIST

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

The Government of Belize (GOB) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards implementing the Belize Social Investment Fund Loan III and the Basic Needs Trust Fund Tenth Programme and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of GOB and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibits withdrawal from the financing account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of CDB, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than GOB shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Belize Social Investment Fund (BSIF) the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist.

The objective of the consultancy is to provide Monitoring and Evaluation Services to BSIF. The Consultant will be responsible for the development (including collection of baseline data), management, and implementation of a quality M&E system for the Programmes, Projects and the sub-projects that are implemented by BSIF. The duration of the assignment is expected to be a period of two (2) years, extendable by mutual agreement in accordance with prevailing Belize legislation as well as results of his/her performance appraisal.

Further details can be found in the Terms of Reference, which can be obtained from Address 1 below.

BSIF now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

(a) the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

(b) in all cases, the consultant has no arrangement and undertakes not to make any arrangements, whereby any substantial part of the net profits or other tangible benefits of the contract will accrue or be paid to a person not a citizen or bona fide resident of an eligible country.

Belize City, April 16, 2023

Roque Matus of Team M&M Engineering, who once finished 2nd in the 1993 Holy Saturday Cross Country Classic, repeated as the Weekend Warriors Cross Country Cycling champion on the George Price and Philip Goldson Highways on Sunday morning, April 16.

Some 47 “A” category riders and 18 “B” category riders suited up for the 59-mile ride from the Spanish Lookout intersection with the George Price Highway to Faber’s Road roundabout, over the Chetumal Street bridge onto the Philip Goldson Highway, to turn at the NAPA roundabout and finish in front of M&M Engineering. Some 32 “C” category riders registered for the 50 mile ride from the PUMA Garbutt’s Gas Station in Roaring Creek to the finish line.

A Category riders

1st Roque Matus – M&M Engineering 2:47:44 - $900 prize & trophy

2nd Kenroy “Smokes” Gladden –Team SPD - $300 & trophy

3rd Henry “Henno” Moriera – Team 501 Valvoline - $250 & trophy

4th Atlee Lozano – Rolling Shattaz/ BZ- Boyz - $200 prize & trophy

5th Gabriel Cardozo – Team Santino’s - $150 & trophy

6th Dylan Levy – Furnished Apartments Ltd - $100 & medal

7th Barney Brown – Team DigiCell - $75 & medal

8th Kent “Bob” Gabourel – Team SPD - $50 & medal

9th Kayden Pinelo – Team CANO$40 & medal

10th Vallan Symns - Team SPD - $30 & medal

B Category

1st Fred Usher Sr – (unattached)$300 prize & trophy

2nd Ryan Willoughby – Team M&M Engineering - $250 & trophy

3rd Alberto Acosta – Los Lagos Ladyville Stingers - $200 & trophy

4th Mark Tasher – Team K-Crew$150 & medal

5th Kenneth Butler – (unattached)$100 & medal

6th Charles Garay - Team BFSC El Pescador - $75 & medqal

7th Roydell Reneau – (unattached)$60 & medal

C Category

1st Eric Chee – Team Santino’s$250 prize & trophy

2nd Santino “Chief” Castillo – Team Santino’s - $200 & trophy

3rd Roger Bryant – Team 501 Valvoline - $125 & trophy

4th Manuel Esquiliano – Truckers

Posse - $75 & medal

5th Gordon Tillett – Team PMA - $60 & medal

6th Sheldon Arnold – Team Big Blade - $50 & medal

7th Carl Arnold – (unattached) - $40 & medal

Eligible countries are member countries of CDB. Consultants are advised to review the detailed eligibility criteria detailed in Section 4 and conflict of interest provisions in Section 5 of the Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January, 2021), as published on CDB’s website.

In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to qualifications, experience on similar assignments and interview questions.

All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Belize Time) hours Monday to Friday.

The Expressions of Interest must be received electronically at the first address (BSIF) and second (CDB) below no later than Tuesday 2nd May 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Belize Time). The subject line of the email containing each submission shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for BSIF”.

Following the assessment of submissions, the most technically capable and appropriately experienced applicant will be invited to negotiate a contract to provide the consultancy services. GOBZ reserves the right to accept or reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or in its entirety. It will not be bound to assign any reason for not engaging the services of any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

Addresses:

1.Senior

2.Procurement Officer

Caribbean Development Bank

P.O. Box 408 Wildey

St. Michael BARBADOS, W.I.

Tel. (246) 539-1600

E-mail: submissions@sifbelize.org cc: angeles.itzab@sifbelize.org

Email: procurement@caribank.org cc: omar.bispat@caribank.org